[JayFL726]

In the Past 5 years done the 870 Mile Stretch to my Sons House in the AR Ozarks Twice Non Stop, both about 16 hours .. Once on my 09 Ultra and just recently on my 12 XC .. Usually take 2 Days for this but sometimes if feeling just right just keep on going ..

 

[Bigfoot]

My longest day ride was done in April of 2014. 1607 miles in 23 hours and 49 minutes on the Vision.

That's 2,586 km.
Sounds much more impressive.

 

[Good_Steward]

That's 2,586 km.
Sounds much more impressive.

That's damned impressive no matter how it's measured.

 

[wcato3]

How long did Rollin sleep afterwards?

 

[Good_Steward]

How long did Rollin sleep afterwards?

Can't speak for Rollin, but when I really push it and ride 20+ hours (ridden 22+ hours three times, and 18+ too many times to count), I feel like I'm hung over when I first wake up. Most often when I have ridden those hours I am riding within another 6-8 hours, so not much sleep and it takes a few miles to get back in the groove the "next day". When I have stopped at my destination, I usually sleep 10-11 hours.

 

[Daddio]

On my '02 E-glide,1996 miles in 45 hours, Denver to Brandon, FL; 1100+ miles the long way around (to avoid winter storms) Denver to Phoenix. On my Buell Ulysses, 1500+ Denver to Augusta, GA in about 35 hours, on my XCT, around 900 in 16 hours, Medicine Lake, WA to Lead, SD, leaving a friend's funeral.

 

[conklij]

Oh hell I can't resist, there you are big and targety, I can't miss, I may even go guns...

Americans were perhaps never more anxious than in the 1970s, and the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 is partial proof of that. American society turned unusually introspective in those post-Watergate days, even leading us to elect Jimmy Carter, the president who told Americans about their shortcomings like no other. (until now)

Ronald Reagan's election sprang from a more familiar American attitude-that our problems were caused not by questioning our core values, but by drifting away from them. And it was Reagan's axing of the U.S. Metric Board during his 1982 budget cuts that was seen as the deathblow to American metrication.

The notion that Reagan killed the metric system makes for a satisfying narrative, but it is spurious. The effort had already encountered stiff public resistance under Carter. And, Reagan actually signed a bill that required the federal government to go metric, a conversion achieved under George H. W. Bush.

Why Won t America Go Metric What It Means to Be Americanmetric/
Dec 16, 2014 - ruler, metric system, measurements, American exceptionalism ... movement failed , and that Americans have never gone metric because we are too ... in those post- Watergate days, even leading us to elect Jimmy Carter, the ...

Correction-A minor point:
Ronald Reagan's election sprang from a more familiar American attitude. "Let's ignore our problems, kick that can down the road, we can have our cake and eat it too, F**k responsibility let's party cuz we're exceptional and we deserve it!"

 

[mdallen]

About 700 miles in one stretch.

 

[Flyboy]

Correction-A minor point:
Ronald Reagan's election sprang from a more familiar American attitude. "Let's ignore our problems, kick that can down the road, we can have our cake and eat it too, F**k responsibility let's party cuz we're exceptional and we deserve it!"

Oh so Obama is a study of History with the modification to lets' blame ourselves and let all the minor interest groups drag the Country and the debt even deeper into some perceived shame to being an American. Everything is rainbows....

When did I post that a month ago? HelI, "I don't remember."

 

[Scuba77]

1200 miles from St Augustine to Cicero NY in 28 hours on the FJR, then back in about the same time.

 

[bored76]

1670 km in 14.5 hours

 

[Flyboy]

1200 miles from St Augustine to Cicero NY in 28 hours on the FJR, then back in about the same time.

The Ancient City, lived there for about forty years, nice Town...

 

[Scuba77]

The Ancient City, lived there for about forty years, nice Town...

Love it here for now but with all the people moving down here may have to seek refuge in a less dense area in a few years. Trees being cut everywhere and neighborhoods spreading everywhere.... Yankees, visit but stay living up north. lol

 

[Flyboy]

Love it here for now but with all the people moving down here may have to seek refuge in a less dense area in a few years. Trees being cut everywhere and neighborhoods spreading everywhere.... Yankees, visit but stay living up north. lol

Oh yeah the term Damn Yankees, when they stay... Reason moved to a plot of trees on more rural county, still nice town... Population 40 k when moved there from Jax, 150k when I left. Over 300k moved to Florida a year...